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WATERBURY, CT-090718JS05--Anthony Rutherford stands with his public defender Tashun Bowden-Lewis inside Waterbury Superior Court on Friday as he is sentenced to 80 years prison for the killing of Chaquinequea Brodie, 29, and her 9-year-old daughter My-Jaeaha Richardson in 2017. Jim Shannon Republican American

Child killer sentenced to life in prison for Waterbury double murder

Anthony Rutherford stands with his attorney Tashun Bowden-Lewis inside Waterbury Superior Court on Friday as he is sentenced to 80 years prison for the killing of Chaquinequea Brodie, 29, and her 9-year-old daughter My-Jaeaha Richardson in 2017.Jim Shannon Republican American

WATERBURY – The little girl wore a beaming smile and a sparkling tiara, her bubble-gum pink shirt set against a sky of bright blue in the photo at Corrinna Martin’s side Friday.

The girl, My-Jaeaha Richardson, Martin’s 9-year-old granddaughter, was brutally murdered last year, soon after the girl’s mother, Chaquinequea Brodie, 29, was gunned down in her home in the city’s Brooklyn section.

Chaquinequea Brodie

As Martin told of the heartache of losing her loved ones, their killer, Anthony Rutherford, stood only feet away, his jaw clenched, his eyes impassively aimed at the ceiling in Waterbury Superior Court, refusing to look at the photo.

“I’ll never be able to hear that sweet voice again,” Martin said of her granddaughter. “He mercilessly came back in front of her little sister and murdered her.”

Rutherford, 29, was sentenced to 80 years in prison on Friday for gunning down Brodie and Richardson last year, in what Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Cynthia S. Serafini called the “ultimate domestic violence case.”

Police suspect Rutherford met Brodie online. He told police he moved from Philadelphia to Waterbury to be with Brodie. The arguments between them went on for months and Brodie was “verbally abusive” toward him, Rutherford told police.That tension peaked on Aug. 18, 2017 in her Third Street apartment during a heated argument in which Rutherford told police he shot Brodie and her daughter, but he spared Brodie’s younger daughter who was found wandering outside, saying: “Mommy is dead.”

Brodie, a certified nursing assistant, was the vice president of Mothers Of Victims Equality Inc., a nonprofit group based in West Haven that raises awareness of domestic violence.

Brodie was murdered in front of her children, and Richardson’s murder could be described as an execution, Serafini said. Nothing can justify what happened that day, she said, adding that the sentence wasn’t enough, but it ensured Rutherford would not see the light of day.

For Martin, it is the second daughter she has lost to domestic violence. Another of her daughters, Alyssiah Wiley, a university student, was a homicide victim in 2013.

Martin now has to grapple with the fact that Brodie’s remaining daughter, who will soon turn four, has vivid and horrific memories of the day, which are triggered by certain words. Though they’re left with shattered and broken hearts, she said, the family must carry on for the sake of the sister who survived.

Martin called Rutherford a demon and a parasite who not only sucks the life from people, but also their families.

While Martin detailed the loss she suffered, Rutherford alternated between impassively looking at the ceiling and staring straight ahead with his chin jutting forward.

When given the chance, Rutherford simply said he was sorry.

“I want to apologize sincerely for the actions,” he said.

That comment brought an angry response from the audience that doubted Rutherford’s sincerity.

“That’s it, huh?” a man said. “That’s bull (expletive)!”

Rutherford pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in exchange for the prison term. A life sentence in the state is considered 60 years.

Judge Roland Fasasno told Brodie’s family the crimes were unspeakable and committed by a sociopath. The plea deal Rutherford took will mean he will die in prison;. Rutherford is neither eligible for parole, nor risk reduction credit that would reduce his sentence, Fasano said.

“There’s no death penalty here, it’s the best the state can do,” Fasano said.

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The death penalty was nothing more than a novelty. And if it gets reinstated (which it won’t because Lamont is going to win) it would just be a novelty again. If you want the guy killed, catch a prison sentence, wait till you end up in the same prison as him, then beat him to death with an power adapter in a laundry bag.

The cost? $60,000 per year
He is 29 years old
Life expectancy is 77.
So for 48 years you will pay $60,000 with rate increases every year.
UPWARDS OF $4,500,000 to keep him alive.. THANKS DAN MALLOY and the rest of the cowards in Hartford.

It’s $39,000 a year first off. And to administer the death penalty cost millions of dollars in legal fees. but Republicans like you don’t understand facts. Hopefully he gets killed in prison and the guards turn a blind eye as they should. Stop trying to make it so the government solves all your problems.

It’s the BEST the State can do? They need to do better and elect legislators who can do better. This scum of the earth like those of the Cheshire home invasion don’t deserve to walk another day on this Earth. An eye for an eye….

Do you think the family, friends and neighbors of the murder victims even think for a moment that it was a mistake to have voted Democrat (in all probability, if they voted at all), which led to abolishing the death penalty for scum like this? Likely not, nor will they realize it would be better to vote Republican this November, so murderers could have the same fate as their victims.

I know Alley Cats with more Street Smarts than you free press. The family members of the victims would actually want to take care of the problem themselves if possible and if they get a chance. They don’t need the government to do their dirty work for them like you would because you’re a coward.

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